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Controlling playback
Controlling Playback
The Loop/Auto Shuttle dialog box, which appears when you use the Transport > Loop and Auto
Shuttle command or click the Loop and Auto Shuttle button in the Loop toolbar, contains two
additional settings that affect the details of how looping operates:
With the default option settings, SONAR will play the loop over and over again, continuously.
If you start playback before the loop start time, SONAR will play until the loop end time is reached,
then jump back to the loop start time.
The Rewind command operates slightly differently when looping is in effect. The first time you
rewind, the Now time is set to the start of the loop. If the Now time is already at the start of the loop,
Rewind takes you to the beginning of the project. From then on, Rewind switches back and forth
between the loop start time and the start of measure 1.
To set up a playback loop
1. Set the loop start and end times in one of the following ways:
• Drag the mouse between two points in the The Time ruler of the Track view, Staff, or Piano Roll
view to select a range of times, then click in the Loop/Auto Shuttle toolbar to copy the
selection time to the loop time.
• Click between two markers in the Track, Staff, or Piano Roll view to select a range of times,
then click in the Loop/Auto Shuttle toolbar to copy the selection time to the loop time.
• Type the loop start and end times directly into the toolbar.
• Select a range of times, then right-click in the Time ruler and choose Set Loop Points (this
method makes the second option unnecessary).
Looping is automatically turned on when you use the Set Loop to Selection command.
To change the loop settings
1. Click , or choose Transport > Loop and Auto Shuttle to display the Loop/Auto Shuttle
dialog box.
2. Check the options you want to use.
3. Click OK.
Option How it works
Stop at the end time Playback does not proceed beyond the end of the loop
Loop continuously When playback reaches the end of the loop and rewinds to the start,
playback continues automatically (this option is on by default)
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Note: If you stop playback while looping is enabled, the Now time jumps to the Now time
marker. If you disable the On Stop Rewind to Now Marker option in the General tab of the
Global Options dialog, the Now time stays wherever you stopped playback.